New fire safety policy for Surat soon

All structures in Surat, which are 8m high, will need to have a fire safety certificate and those higher than 12m equipped with…

Israeli scientists warn of privacy intrusion with biometric ID system

More than 70 Israeli computer scientists have written to the government seeking a re-think on plans to create a nationwide…

Tihar Jail turns to higher technology for security

The government is considering several steps, including installing electrical fencing, to strengthen the security at the high-…

AAI-CISF scuffle revives plan for new security body

A proposal for the revival of the civil aviation ministrys plan to replace the CISF with an Aviation Security Force (ASF) was…

Delhi's new jail at Mandoli to share Tihar burden by Oct 2015

In a bid to decongest the notoriously over-crowded Tihar Jail, the Delhi government has decided to transfer prisoners excluding…

Cybercrime to cost $2.1 trillion globally by 2019

New research from market analysts, Juniper Research, suggests that the rapid digitisation of consumers lives and enterprise…

Mumbai Fire Brigade falls short on fulfilling Central norms

The Mumbai Fire Brigade, which lost two of its brave-hearts to the Kalbadevi inferno recently, falls short of meeting the…

TN Police stress installing CCTV cameras in temples

The district police have decided to write to Ramanathapuram Samasthana Devasthanam and Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments…

Hunger strike kills CCTV plan for womens prison in Mumbai

A move to install CCTV cameras inside the women's barracks of Byculla jail in Maharashtra was scrapped after an inmate objected…

GSIDC not in favour of Goa CCTV project

The Goa traffic police's proposal to install 660 high-resolution CCTV cameras across the state has found no takers in the…

Jail security audit gets under way across Maharashtra

In the backdrop of incidences of security lapses in the Nagpur jail, the states prisons department has begun extensive security…

Panel says major security lapses in Parliament, CCTV cameras not working

In a major security lapse at one of the country's important buildings, the Parliament Security Ad hoc Committee has red flagged…